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API documentation

PluralKit has a basic HTTP REST API for querying and modifying your system. The root endpoint of the API is https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/.

Endpoints will always return all fields, using null when a value is missing. On PATCH endpoints, you must include all fields, too. Missing fields will be interpreted as null, and null fields will have their value removed. To preserve a value, pass the existing value again.

Authentication

Authentication is done with a simple "system token". You can get your system token by running pk;token using the Discord bot, either in a channel with the bot or in DMs. Then, pass this token in the Authorization HTTP header on requests that require it. Failure to do so on endpoints that require authentication will return a 401 Unauthorized.

Models

The following three models (usually represented in JSON format) represent the various objects in PluralKit's API. A ? after the column type indicates an optional (nullable) parameter.

System model

Key Type Patchable? Notes
id string No
name string? Yes 100-character limit.
description string? Yes 1000-character limit.
tag string? Yes
avatar_url url? Yes Not validated server-side.
tz string? Yes Tzdb identifier. Patching with null will store "UTC".
created datetime No

Member model

Key Type Patchable? Notes
id string No
name string? Yes 50-character limit.
description string? Yes 1000-character limit.
color color? Yes 6-char hex (eg. ff7000), sans #.
avatar_url url? Yes Not validated server-side.
birthday date? Yes ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD) format, year of 0001 means hidden year.
prefix string? Yes
suffix string? Yes
created datetime No

Switch model

Key Type Notes
timestamp datetime
members list of id/Member Is sometimes in plain ID list form (eg. GET /s/<id>/switches), sometimes includes the full Member model (eg. GET /s/<id>/fronters).

Endpoints

GET /s

Requires authentication.

Returns information about your own system.

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s

Example response

{
  "id": "abcde",
  "name": "My System",
  "description": "This is my system description. Yay.",
  "tag": "[MySys]",
  "avatar_url": "https://path/to/avatar/image.png",
  "tz": "Europe/Copenhagen",
  "created": "2019-01-01T14:30:00.987654Z"
}

GET /s/<id>

Queries a system by its 5-character ID, and returns information about it. If the system doesn't exist, returns 404 Not Found.

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/abcde

Example response

{
  "id": "abcde",
  "name": "My System",
  "description": "This is my system description. Yay.",
  "tag": "[MySys]",
  "avatar_url": "https://path/to/avatar/image.png",
  "tz": "Europe/Copenhagen",
  "created": "2019-01-01T14:30:00.987654Z"
}

GET /s/<id>/members

Queries a system's member list by its 5-character ID. If the system doesn't exist, returns 404 Not Found.

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/abcde/members

Example response

[
  {
    "id": "qwert",
    "name": "Craig Johnson",
    "color": "ff7000",
    "avatar_url": "https://path/to/avatar/image.png",
    "birthday": "1997-07-14",
    "pronouns": "he/him or they/them",
    "description": "I am Craig, example user extraordinaire.",
    "prefix": "[",
    "suffix": "]",
    "created": "2019-01-01T15:00:00.654321Z"
  }
]

GET /s/<id>/switches[?before=]

Returns a system's switch history in newest-first chronological order, with a maximum of 100 switches. If the system doesn't exist, returns 404 Not Found. Optionally takes a ?before= query parameter with an ISO-8601-formatted timestamp, and will only return switches that happen before that timestamp.

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/abcde/switches?before=2019-03-01T14:00:00Z

Example response

[
  {
    "timestamp": "2019-02-23T14:20:59.123456Z",
    "members": ["qwert", "yuiop"]
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2019-02-22T12:00:00Z",
    "members": ["yuiop"]
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2019-02-20T09:30:00Z",
    "members": []
  }
]

GET /s/<id>/fronters

Returns a system's current fronter(s), with fully hydrated member objects. If the system doesn't exist, or the system has no registered switches, returns 404 Not Found.

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/abcde/fronters

Example response

{
  "timestamp": "2019-07-09T17:22:46.47441Z",
  "members": [
      {
        "id": "qwert",
        "name": "Craig Johnson",
        "color": "ff7000",
        "avatar_url": "https://path/to/avatar/image.png",
        "birthday": "1997-07-14",
        "pronouns": "he/him or they/them",
        "description": "I am Craig, example user extraordinaire.",
        "prefix": "[",
        "suffix": "]",
        "created": "2019-01-01T15:00:00.654321Z"
      }
  ]
}

PATCH /s

Requires authentication.

Edits your own system's information. Missing fields will be set to null. Will return the new system object.

Example request

PATCH https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s

{
    "name": "New System Name",
    "tag": "{Sys}",
    "avatar_url": "https://path/to/new/avatar.png"
    "tz": "America/New_York"
}

(note the absence of a description field, which is set to null in the response)

Example response

{
  "id": "abcde",
  "name": "New System Name",
  "description": null,
  "tag": "{Sys}",
  "avatar_url": "https://path/to/new/avatar.png",
  "tz": "America/New_York",
  "created": "2019-01-01T14:30:00.987654Z"
}

POST /s/switches

Requires authentication.

Registers a new switch to your own system given a list of member IDs.

Example request

POST https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/switches

{
    "members": ["qwert", "yuiop"]
}

Example response

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GET /m/<id>

Queries a member's information by its 5-character member ID. If the member does not exist, will return 404 Not Found.

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/m/qwert

Example response

{
    "id": "qwert",
    "name": "Craig Johnson",
    "color": "ff7000",
    "avatar_url": "https://path/to/avatar/image.png",
    "birthday": "1997-07-14",
    "pronouns": "he/him or they/them",
    "description": "I am Craig, example user extraordinaire.",
    "prefix": "[",
    "suffix": "]",
    "created": "2019-01-01T15:00:00.654321Z"
}

PATCH /m/<id>

Requires authentication.

Edits a member's information. Missing fields will be set to null. Will return the new member object. Member must (obviously) belong to your own system.

Example request

PATCH https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/m/qwert

{
    "name": "Craig Peterson",
    "color": null,
    "avatar_url": "https://path/to/new/image.png",
    "birthday": "1997-07-14",
    "pronouns": "they/them",
    "description": "I am Craig, cooler example user extraordinaire.",
    "prefix": "["
}

(note the absence of a suffix field, which is set to null in the response)

Example response

{
    "id": "qwert",
    "name": "Craig Peterson",
    "color": null,
    "avatar_url": "https://path/to/new/image.png",
    "birthday": "1997-07-14",
    "pronouns": "they/them",
    "description": "I am Craig, cooler example user extraordinaire.",
    "prefix": "[",
    "suffix": null,
    "created": "2019-01-01T15:00:00.654321Z"
}

Version history

  • 2019-07-10 (v1)
    • First specified version
  • (prehistory)
    • Initial release